Microbial water quality and influences of fecal accumulation from a dog exercise area.
Introduction Waterborne disease outbreaks have been associated with dispersed sources of animal wastes, such as contamination from animal agriculture (Ferguson, Husman, Altavilla, Deere, & Ashbolt, 2003). Pathogens found in animal wastes may infect people following fecal contamination of drinking or recreational waters (Centers for Disease Control and...

Metals concentrations in tissues of Tilapia gallier, Crarias lazera and Osteoglossidae caught from Alau Dam, Maiduguri, Borno state, Nigeria.
INTRODUCTION Heavy metals in aquatic environment are a major concern because of their toxicity and threat to plant and animal life disturbing the natural ecological balance. The specific problem associated with the heavy metals in the environment is their accumulation through food chain and persistent in nature....

Inherently safer technology: the cure for chemical plants which are dangerous by design.
I. INTRODUCTION II. CHEMISTRY IS BIG BUSINESS III. THE VULNERABILITY IS REAL AND CREDITABLE A. Terror Attacks on Chemical Facilities Are Rare B. The Big Bang 1. A Lack of Imagination 2. The Impact Could Be Catastrophic IV. EXISTING REGULATIONS DO NOT ENCOURAGE INHERENTLY SAFER TECHNOLOGY A. Clean Air...

China strengthens pollution control in 2008.
The State Environmental Protection Administration has pointed out that local environmental protection departments should strengthen pollution control in 2008 and reduce the emission of sulfur dioxide and COD (chemical oxygen demand) by 6% and 5% respectively compared with 2005. China will increase urban sewage treatment capacity by...

Nat'l product labelling system being finalized.
Byline: BERNIE CAHILES-MAGKILAT A multi-sectoral committee is drafting a legislative measure that would create a national product labelling system to ensure the safe usage of chemicals that are hazardous to human health and environment. Trade and Industry Undersecretary Elmer C. Hernandez, also managing head of...

Acute hazardous substance releases resulting in adverse health consequences in children: Hazardous Substances Emergency Events Surveillance system, 1996-2003.
Introduction Although sudden, unintentional exposures to hazardous chemicals most commonly are associated with manufacturing and transportation, and adversely affect employees (Horton, Berkowitz, & Kaye, 2004), children are sometimes injured when such disasters strike. Because their organs are at various stages of growth, children may be more susceptible...

Total Parts Plus Announces China RoHS Labeling Solution.
FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla., Jan. 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Total Parts Plus, a leading provider of obsolescence and environmental compliance management services announces its China RoHS labeling solution. With the emergence of China RoHS and its deadline looming in March 2007, the labeling requirement is taking center stage....

Lax implementation of law on toxic substances deplored.
In filing Senate Resolution 486, Legarda lamented the discovery that the capsized MV Princess of the Stars had among its cargoes the pesticide endosulfan known to be a highly toxic environmental pollutant. Legarda's resolution directed the Senate Committee on the Environment and Natural Resources to probe the...

SC taps 117 trial courts for 'green' cases.
Byline: REY G. PANALIGAN The Supreme Court (SC) said that 117 trial courts will handle exclusively and resolve expeditiously all environmental cases like violations of the laws on mining, forestry, marine, fisheries, wildlife, waste management, toxic substances, and hazardous waste. Chief Justice Reynato S. Puno...

Relation between coating industry and environmental protection. (Special Report).
The influence produced by the coating production on the environment is many-sided. Great quantities of toxic and hazardous waste gases, waste liquids and dusts produced in the coating production cause pollution to the atmosphere and water sources. More than 50% volatile organic compounds (VOC) in solvent coatings are discharged...